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Water leak causes flood at Children’s Hospital
This article was updated at 2019-01-29 19:34.Construction on the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital suffered a setback this month.Parts of the facility flooded on Jan. 25 after a water line in one of th...
Jan 29, 2019
Maxime Bernier names People's Party candidate for Montreal-area byelection
MONTREAL - People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier has chosen a candidate to represent his party in its first-ever Quebec election. Bernier was in the Montreal area on Sunda...
Jan 29, 2019
Advocates say public needs to report cases of child abuse and neglect
FREDERICTON - Advocates say a horrific case of child neglect in New Brunswick is far from the only case in the province and are urging the public to report any neglect or abuse they see. Two recent re...
Jan 29, 2019
Online immigrant-sponsor application discriminatory, immigration lawyers say
OTTAWA - A new first-come-first-served online application for immigrants seeking to sponsor their parents and grandparents to come to Canada is being condemned as "profoundly ...
Jan 29, 2019
Liberals target Scheer over cash-for-access fundraisers
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal party is looking to turn the tables on the Conservatives over so-called cash-for-access fundraisers. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is expected to attend a fundraiser a...
Jan 29, 2019
Pat Sheahan follows in son's footsteps, joins Dinos football program
Thirty years as a head football coach taught Pat Sheahan the importance of preparation, but he couldn't have predicted the bizarre twist his U Sports career would take th...
Jan 29, 2019
Weinstein lawyers argue against sex trafficking claim
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein's lawyers say the movie mogul is not a sex trafficker, despite claims in a class-action lawsuit. The lawyers in a court filing late Monday urged a New York judge to toss ou...
Jan 29, 2019
Former gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum to join CNN
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Former Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum is joining CNN as a political commentator. The cable network announced the move Tuesday. The former Tallahassee mayor ...
Jan 29, 2019
Bryce Dallas Howard honoured by Harvard's Hasty Pudding
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Actor, producer and director Bryce Dallas Howard has been named 2019 Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The nation's oldest collegiate theatrical o...
Jan 29, 2019
Five-year-old polar bear showing signs of illness dies at Winnipeg zoo
WINNIPEG - A polar bear has died at the zoo in Winnipeg. Assiniboine Park Zoo says the five-year-old bruin named Blizzard died Monday. The bear had been showing signs of illness over the last two...
Jan 29, 2019